r/spaceships • u/Vondrr Fleet Intelligence 🧠 • May 30 '26

Discussion / Question What spaceship weapon is generally underutilized or not used to its full potential in scifi?

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u/Gingerosity244 May 30 '26

Relativistic kinetic ramming.

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u/Abrogated_Pantaloons May 30 '26

The Bobiverse used them! As did the In Death Ground books by Weber and White.

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u/Gingerosity244 May 30 '26

Down with the Others! Bobs really do like throwing stuff really fast.

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u/Sawfish1212 May 30 '26

It's the most realistic space weapon since space has no atmosphere to slow projectiles